Review of the environmental management system
Review of the environmental management system
An organization’s top management should, at intervals that it determines, conduct a review of its environmental management system to evaluate the system’s continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness. This review should cover the environmental aspects of activities, products and services that are within the scope of the environmental management system.
Inputs to the management review may include
a) results of internal audits and evaluations of compliance with applicable legal requirements and with other requirements to which the organization subscribes,
b) communication from external interested parties, including complaints,
c) the environmental performance of the organization,
d) the extent to which objectives and targets have been met,
e) status of corrective and preventive actions,
f) follow-up actions from previous management reviews,
g) changing circumstances, including
1) changes in the organization’s products, activities and services,
2) results of the evaluation of environmental aspects from planned or new developments,
3) changes in applicable legal requirements and other requirements to which the organization subscribes,
4) the views of interested parties,
5) advances in science and technology, and
6) lessons learned from emergency situations and accidents,
h) recommendations for improvement.
Outputs from the review of the environmental management system may include decisions on
— the system’s suitability, adequacy and effectiveness,
— changes to physical, human and financial resources, and
— actions related to possible changes to environmental policy, objectives, targets and other elements of the environmental management system.
Records of management review can include copies of meeting agenda items, lists of attendees, presentation
materials or handouts, and management decisions recorded in a memo to file, reports, minutes, or tracking
system.
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